Career Services 2020 is the new strategic direction of the Career Development Center at Middle Tennessee State University.

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Bill Fletcher is director of the Career Development Center at Middle Tennessee State University where he started in October 2007. He has transformed the office by shifting its focus; developing a new mission and goals; and offering innovative programs and services to meet the career development needs of the diverse MTSU population. He oversees a staff of six in a centralized career center offering programs to over 26,000 students in seven academic colleges.

Bill has 18 years of experience in university career services, having previously served as associate director for Employer Relations in the Vanderbilt University Career Center and as director of Career and Experiential Education at the College of Mount St. Joseph in Cincinnati, OhioIt was in the latter role that he learned the value of cooperative education, internship, and service learning initiatives by managing these academic, credit-based experiential learning programs. At Vanderbilt, he led an employer relations team of five, consulting with Fortune 500 companies and smaller organizations in developing recruiting strategies and branding their organizations on campus. He has taught career-related courses as an adjunct instructor and continues to tailor programs to reach special student audiences, such as millennials, adult learners, targeted majors, and athletes.

Bill received his Bachelor of Business Administration in Marketing from the University of Mississippi and Master of Education in College Student Personnel from Ohio University. His professional involvement includes the National Association of Colleges and Employers, Southern Association of Colleges and Employers, Cooperative Education and Internship Association, the Rutherford County and Williamson County Chambers of Commerce, and Past Chair for the Nashville Area Career Fairs Consortium.